Captain John Smith John Smith born to Alice Rickard and George Smith left home at the age of sixteen after the death of his father. His journey led him to fight for the Independence of Spain‚ become a leader in the Long War and actively involved with the Virginia Company’s to colonize Virginia. During his journey he faced many obstacles and challenges. Smith wrote journals that were informative of his adventures and carved the future for US history. Considered one of our country’s founding fathers
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John Locke Western Civilization encompasses many new innovations‚ theories‚ and discoveries. However only the greatest people‚ events‚ and concepts of Western Civilization are still known and used today. In my opinion one of the most influential people of this time period is John Locke. Locke discovered multiple breakthroughs on natural law that still have a great impact on our modern society. John Locke was born August 29‚ 1632‚ in Wrington‚ a small village
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Martelli 1 Brent Martelli Mr. Heenan US Government period 2 24 September 2010 John Langdon: New Hampshire Who is John Langdon? John Langdon was one of the two first senators of the state of New Hampshire. Early on in his political life‚ Langdon was a supporter always of the Revolutionary War and then later served in the Continental Congress. After serving in Congress‚ Langdon turned a different direction and became governor of New Hampshire. He could have run for vice president of the
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John Nash Biography John Nash (June 13‚ 1928 – present) is a brilliant mathematician‚ specializing in economics. He was born n Westfield‚ West Virginia‚ into a family of three‚ he‚ his father – an electrical engineer‚ and his mother – a school teacher who pushed him to do many great things that led to his superb education and extraordinary mind. As a child‚ he had a quiet and withdrawn personality‚ but was very intelligent. He started reading at four‚ skipped a grade‚ and even learned Latin‚ all
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John Coltrane The ever growing love that I have for jazz was started because a friend told me to buy a John Coltrane CD the summer before my freshman year in college. For as long as I have known my friend he has always been interested in music and has played drums for the majority of his life. He had a few albums of Coltrane ’s and would always tell me I would love them. I remember the first time I heard that piercing voice that Coltrane gets out of his tenor saxophone. I took a trip out to
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Writing Assignment: Famous Type Designer Christopher Benson September 25th‚ 2010 John Baskerville January 28th 1706 – January 8th 1775 John Baskerville was born January 28th in 1706‚ in the village of Wolverley. Wolverley is located near Kidderminster in Worcestershire. He was a printer in Birmingham‚ England. By the year of 1723 he had became a skilled engraver of tombstones and was teaching writing. In 1726 he set up a school for teaching writing and book-keeping‚ as well as maintaining
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JOHN WOOLMAN: THE STORY OF A QUAKER CONSCIENCE ________________________________________ [This document is from a pamphlet printed several decades ago bythe Religious Education Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. It was originally published by Walter and Mildred Kahoe. I have made minor changes for clarity; material in brackets is mine. -- George Amoss] ________________________________________ John Woolman was born in 1720 on the family farm on Rancocas Creek in New Jersey. He went to school
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February 2013 John Tyler-10th President Have you ever heard of the accidental president? Well that is exactly what John Tyler was. He was our 10th president of the United States. He started out as the vice president to William Henry Harrison‚ the 9th president. From what I know‚ Tyler was a pretty alright president. He was very good in foreign affairs and a very good speaker. Many people supported Tyler once he joined the Whig party. There are many points of interest to hit on John Tyler‚ but I
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Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ Martin Luther King Junior‚ and John F. Kennedy are people who are remembered the most frequently. There are however individuals who established a country to begin with for others to help lead and guide‚ yet somehow they are the most forgotten. There’s one unsung hero‚ who most most only recognize as a signature on a legal contract‚ or as the ad for another house insurance company. That undermined founding father‚ was John Hancock. Before the American Revolution‚ before being
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Members of Parliament revealed that John Lewis prices were being used as a guide to the maximum costs refundable to MPs when equipping London pieds a terre at a public expense. * Secondly‚ last year‚ pre-tax profits fell 3.8%‚ to £354 million. * Thirdly‚ the very wet summer in 2012 has affected profits of businesses including retail and the hospitality industry. * Besides that‚ there are a number more that we’ve manage to look up such as how * John Lewis performance slipped over the
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